Learning Python 3 with the Linkbot

This is a conversion of the Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3 to include examples using the Barobo Linkbot; a modular robot designed for teaching math and programming. This wikibook is no longer maintained by the core developers at Barobo.A newer, up-to-date version of this original text may be found at the linkbotlabs wiki. (External website) - Archived version Contents Python (programming language) /Authors/ Contributors to this book /Installation and Setup/ Installing and setting up the required software /Intro/ A brief introduction /Hello, World/ (With Linkbots! Change a Linkbot's LED color) The famous first program – screen output – variables – numbers and calculations /Who Goes There?/ (With Linkbots! Move a Linkbot's motor) Interactive input – strings /Count to 10/ (With Linkbots! Play some notes with the Linkbot's buzzer) while loops /Decisions/ (With Linkbots! Move a 2-wheeled Linkbot forwards and backwards) if statements /Linkbot Multitasking/ (Make a Linkbot do multiple things at once) Program flow /Debugging/ Finding out what goes wrong /Defining Functions/ (With Linkbots! Move and beep a 2-wheeled Linkbot with functions) Structuring programs with the use of functions /Advanced Functions Example/ (Almost) mind-blowing example of how programmers can think /Lists/ (With Linkbots! Play a song with the Linkbot's buzzer) Variables containing more than one value /For Loops/ (With Linkbots! Play a range of notes with the Linkbot's buzzer) A second kind of loop /Boolean Expressions/ (How to use a Linkbot's accelerometer) Computer logic – True and False – and and or – not /Dictionaries/ (Storing note values in a dictionary to play on a Linkbot) Variables containing key/value pairs /Using Modules/ Extensions to the standard set of functionality /More on Lists/ Using elements or parts of lists /Revenge of the Strings/ More advanced text manipulations /File IO/ Reading from files and writing to files /Dealing with the imperfect/ How to handle errors /Recursion/ Recursive Functions /Intro to Object Oriented Programming in Python 3/ (Extend the Linkbot class for more functionality) Basics of OOP (Object Oriented Programming) /Intro to Imported Libraries and other Functions/ Basic functions from various libraries. /The End/ How to go further /FAQ/ Some frequently asked questions Python programming language L 0% __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__